Dunne rose at the far post the head in James Milner's corner on 15 minutes, but did not celebrate out of respect to the club for which he made over 350 appearances.
The goal was made extra sweet for Villa fans by the fact that Dunne out-jumped their own former skipper, Gareth Barry, to score his first goal for the club.
The result means that City and Villa both move up one place in the table to fourth and seventh respectively.Carlos Tevez saw plenty of the ball as he roamed in the hole behind Adebayor, but City struggled to find a way in behind the well-organised Villa back line, which remains the meanest in the league along with Chelsea's having shipped just six goals.
The Argentine striker twice fired off target from distance before drilling a low effort right at Friedel.
The second half proved as open as the first, with Milner flashing a strike across the face of goal five minutes after the break.
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes made a bold change soon afterwards, swapping defensive midfielder Nigel de Jong for the more attacking Ireland, and the PFA young Player of the Year added an extra dimension to City's play.
Ashley Young soldiered on until near the end despite picking up a knock in the first half following a clash with de Jong, but his free-kick on the hour almost led to a second for Dunne, who once again beat Barry in the hour only to glance his header wide. After that, Joleon Lescott took over the duty of marking the Irishman.
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